Cyrano de Bergerac (1900)

Cyrano de Bergerac (1900)

Release Date: 1900, May 21
Directors: Clément Maurice
Countries: France
Production: Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
Cast: Benoit Constant Coquelin

Overview:

Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role. It is accompanied by a sound-on-cylinder recording of Coquelin's voice reciting one of Cyrano's speeches.